Title: Anza's California Expeditions Author: Bolton, Herbert Eugene Place: Berkeley, California Publisher: University of California Press Date: 1930 Description: 3 volumes (of 5), lacking volumes 1 and 5. Illustrated with photograph plates, portraits, facsimiles, maps, etc. (8vo) blue cloth, gilt spines, volumes 2 and 3 with printed dust jackets. First Editions. Important compilation of original source material on the Spanish exploration and settlement of Alta California, called by Howes a "Monumental work containing translations of the original MS. diaries of Anza, Diaz, Garcés, Font and Palóu relating to the 1773 and 1774 expeditions and the founding of both Monterey and San Francisco." Cowan notes it as "of most important historical value." Cowan p.60; Hill p.29; Howes B583. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to cloth, previous owner's bookplate or signature on front paste-down page; overall very good. Item number: 265704
Title: Anza's California Expeditions Author: Bolton, Herbert Eugene Place: Berkeley, California Publisher: University of California Press Date: 1930 Description: 3 volumes (of 5), lacking volumes 1 and 5. Illustrated with photograph plates, portraits, facsimiles, maps, etc. (8vo) blue cloth, gilt spines, volumes 2 and 3 with printed dust jackets. First Editions. Important compilation of original source material on the Spanish exploration and settlement of Alta California, called by Howes a "Monumental work containing translations of the original MS. diaries of Anza, Diaz, Garcés, Font and Palóu relating to the 1773 and 1774 expeditions and the founding of both Monterey and San Francisco." Cowan notes it as "of most important historical value." Cowan p.60; Hill p.29; Howes B583. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to cloth, previous owner's bookplate or signature on front paste-down page; overall very good. Item number: 265704
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